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Posted on 08/01/2011 2:29:55 AM PDT by JustAmy
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That is still a beautiful sight, DD...paint chips and all! Thanks for sharing them once again!
Thanks teenie.
I a glad you got it done. I would miss it.
Windy
My wife and I were traveling on the Kansas Turnpike, bucking 30 to 45 m.p.h. crosswind. At the tollbooth, I asked the attendant, “What do you people do in Kansas when the wind quits?”
The tollbooth attendant didn’t miss a beat. She answered,
“We take the rocks out of our pockets.”
Joe was in court charged with parking his car in a restricted area. The judge asked him if he had anything to say in his defense.
“They should not put up such misleading notices,” said Joe.
“It said, FINE FOR PARKING HERE.”
Australian Military Helicopter Simulation
This is supposedly a true story from a recent Defence Science Lectures Series, as related by the head of the Australian DSTO’s Land Operations/Simulation division.
They had been working on some really nifty virtual reality simulators, the case in point being to incorporate Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters into exercises (from the data fusion point of view). Most of the people they employ on this sort of thing are ex- (or future) computer game programmers. Anyway, as part of the reality parameters, they included things like trees and animals. For the Australian simulation they included kangaroos. In particular, they had to model kangaroo movements and reactions to helicopters (since hordes of disturbed kangaroos might well give away a helicopter’s position).
Being good programmers, they just stole some code (which was originally used to model infantry detachments reactions under the same stimuli), and changed the mapped icon, the speed parameters, etc. The first time they went to demonstrate this to some visiting Americans, the hotshot pilots decided to get “down and dirty” with the virtual kangaroos. So, they buzzed them, and watched them scatter. The visiting Americans nodded appreciatively... then gaped wide-eyed as the kangaroos ducked around a hill, and launched about two dozen Stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter.
Programmers looked rather embarrassed at forgetting to remove that part of the infantry coding... and the Americans left muttering comments about not wanting to mess with the Aussie wildlife!
As an addendum, simulator pilots from that point onwards avoided kangaroos like the plague, just like they were meant to do in the first place.
Glad you arrived safely....and we are always happy to see
that coffee cup pop up in the comments page!
Have a good trip back home! :)
Glad you arrived safely....and we are always happy to see
that coffee cup pop up in the comments page!
Have a good trip back home! :)
*hic*
Thanks for the ping to #1383. Thanks SJB for posting at Amy’s Place. BTTT!
Every call matters!
Thanks in advance!
LOL I sent this one all over the country : )
Fault-finding is a popular pastime, and unfortunately a lot of us find it’s easy to join the fun. Concentrating on the warts of others is a great way to feel better about ourselves. And that’s just the problem. Avoiding the faults that need to be fixed in our own lives not only stunts our spiritual growth but also obstructs God’s work through us. God’s effectiveness through our lives is enhanced or hindered by the way we live.
It’s no wonder, then, that Paul made a concerted effort to “put no obstacle in anyone’s way” (2 Cor. 6:3 ESV). For him there was nothing more important than his usefulness for Christ in the lives of others. Anything that got in the way of that was dispensable.
If you want to be authentic and useful for God, take an obstacle inventory. Sometimes obstacles are things that in and of themselves may be legitimate, yet in certain contexts may be inappropriate. But sin is clearly obstructive to others. Gossip, slander, boasting, bitterness, greed, abuse, anger, selfishness, and revenge all close the hearts of those around us to the message of God through us.
So, replace your faults with the winsome ways of Jesus. That will enable others to see your “no-fault” Savior more clearly.
Read: 2 Corinthians 6:3-10
It is God in us ... working through us.
IE. The ‘Daily bread’ writings are also inspired of God. MO
Thank you Mayor for posting the’ Daily Bread’ thread. Yesterday had an empty place where the tread usually is ... I missed it and wondered how you were.
It is God in us ... working through us.
IE. The ‘Daily bread’ writings are also inspired of God. MO
Thank you Mayor for posting the’ Daily Bread’ thread. Yesterday had an empty place where the tread usually is ... I missed it and wondered how you were.
We must not demean nor lessen this assignment.
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2 Corinthians 5:20
King James Version (KJV)
” 20. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.”
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I was in a hotel in Indianapolis, had good connection the night before and none the next morning. I have been posting ODB for years and has become the way I start my day. I read it as I post it so yesterday was out of the norm for me..
I know people here that look forward to reading it daily so I felt I let them and you down. I drove 11.5 hours yesterday and as soon as I got in front of my lap top I posted.
You were missed, Rus.
I wondered if you were not feeling well. So happy your made it and that you are okay.
So good to see you and ODB back where you belong. :)
Thanks again, Rus.
Thanks! Being on the road is tough sometimes. I try not to miss a day.
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